SWA Area Business Controller Manager

 

Opportunity
Would you like to be part of a value driven, commercially oriented international environment where we enable global trade every day? As the Area Business Controlling Manager you will be the guardian of the PnL and financial health in the Area. This role is a bridge between operations and finance and therefore you will be required to proactively prevent issues that impact PnL accuracy and health metrics. You will add value to the bottom line by lowering financial exposure/risks and addressing revenue leakage.

WHAT WE OFFER:

When you join Maersk, you’ll find that the world is your workplace. You’ll work in a culturally diverse, stimulating environment, surrounded by new ideas and different ways of doing things. We believe in individual performance within highly professional teams supported by our distinctive values. To us teamwork means acceptance, respect, dedication, and the idea that we can achieve more when we all pull together.

 

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Living our values means competing in the marketplace in an ethical way so our name is synonymous with being a credible and valuable business partner. Through Constant Care and Humbleness, we strive to prepare for the future, while never forgetting that our customers and competitors are key to our ability to improve. In our daily work Uprightness and Our Employees mean that transparency and accountability in everything we do go hand in hand with being an inspiring, challenging place to work. At Maersk, we take pride in hiring the best person for the job – irrespective of gender, age, nationality, or religious belief.

 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Guardian of the PnL and financial health

Monitors and drives actions to ensure accurate gross profit is reflected in the PnL, at total entity/country level down to job/shipment level.

Coordinates improvements on upstream issues impacting job costing and financial transparency, working closely with FINOPS colleagues and ensure correct usage of approved material codes

Actively oversees and drives improvements on financial risk and exposure originated from operational processes impacting receivables and payables

Makes final validation of monthly accruals and overall result.

Bridge between Operations and Finance

Ensures file management controls are followed and that a proper mindset on Revenue Assurance and Standards is in place.

Oversees key operational processes by ensuring quality, accuracy, completeness and timeliness of revenue and cost are updated in system by execution teams.

 

Review the use of ‘to-be-deactivated’ and incorrect material codes & liaise with MMD team for support to switch to correct codes

Perform Risk and Compliance assessment as required in the RICC Manual, within BCO scope. This also includes actively supporting effective resolution of audit findings.

Local ICB&ICP anchor resolving open and aged items in line with the timelines.

Proactively prevent issues

Discovers gaps in existing process to prevent negative impacts on PnL accuracy and financial health, avoiding potential audit findings.

Identifies risks on new service offerings and processes and review with other functions to mitigate/reduce/avoid.

•Works together with CX in the implementation of new customers to avoid pitfalls in the future process to ensure customer satisfaction while safeguarding potential financial exposure.

 

Add value to the bottom line

Act as business partner to CX/FINOPS and Area Management to identify and drive resolution of revenue/costs leakages

Focus on loss making and underperforming businesses, providing insights on reasons behind it and solutions on how to turnaround

Collaborate actively with CX/FINOPS to find improvements

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

Bachelor’s degree in finance/economics

Thorough understanding of and 5+ years’ experience in the business to be able to drive performance and value.

Strong understanding of processes within relevant products and services

Result-driven, strong logical & analytical capacity

Well organized with high attention to detail.

Leadership experience

Team player, can act with teams regionally, locally as well as the GSC

Can work independently

Good communication and interpersonal skills, strong integrity

Experience working in a challenging, fast paced and changing environment dealing with a lot of different tasks at the same time.

Skilled in written and spoken English and French (Portuguese will be a plus).

TMFF, CUBE, FACT and BW knowledge will be a plus

All applications must be submitted ONLINE at : https://www.maersk.com/careers/vacancies?continent&category&country=Cameroon